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The 1914 recording by Titta Ruffo and Enrico Caruso of Giuseppe Verdi's Otello
"Ombra mai fu"
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"Ombra mai fu" (and the introductory recitative) from George Frideric Handel's Serse, recorded in 1920.
"Recondita armonia"
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A 1907 performance of "Recondita armonia" from Giacomo Puccini's Tosca
O Mimì, tu più non torni
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A 1907 recording with Enrico Caruso as Rodolfo and Antonio Scotti as Marcello of "O Mimì, tu più non torni" from Act IV of Giacomo Puccini's La bohème.
"Una furtiva lagrima"
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"Una furtiva lagrima" from Gaetano Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore Sung in 1911 for the Victor Talking Machine Company.
O soave fanciulla
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"O soave fanciulla" from Giacomo Puccini's La bohème, sung by Enrico Caruso and Nellie Melba in 1906.
La donna è mobile
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Caruso sings La donna è mobile from Verdi's Rigoletto, c. 1908
Ave Maria
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Caruso sings Ave Maria by Percival Benedict Kahn, Mischa Elman on violin (1913)
Vesti La Giubba
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March 17, 1907, recording of 'Vesti La Giubba' from Pagliacci
No Pagliaccio non son
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Recording of 'No Pagliaccio non son' from Pagliacci
La Partida
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Manon! avez-vous peur ... On l'appelle Manon
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1912 recording of Enrico Caruso and Geraldine Farrar performing a scene from Act II of Jules Massenet's Manon.
O souverain, O juge, O père!
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1916 recording of Rodrigue's Act III aria in Jules Massenet's Le Cid (1885).
Faust: "O merveille! ... A moi les plaisirs"
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The Act I finale of Charles Gounod's Faust (1859), sung by Enrico Caruso and Marcel Journet in 1910.
"È scherzo od è follia"
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Enrico Caruso, Frieda Hempel, Maria Duchêne, Andrés De Segurola and Léon Rothier performing "È scherzo od è Follia" from Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera in 1914
Over There
Caruso singing the popular World War I song by George M. Cohan.
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